[Adventureman]

Greetings,
I am a nOOB to this topic, so please forgive my ignorant comments. I am running win98 in raid 0. Going to dual boot 98/xp. I discovered the f6 mass storage controller problem when attempting to install xp. From what I've read so far, seems the only way to integrate oem drivers for my mass storage device is to slipstream them into windows distribution.

Part of the slipstream procedure involves copying the xp cd to the HD, and adding the necessary files, then burning the new config to a cd, creating a new install cd. I understand that much.

I always do my installs from the hard drive, ie, copy windows cd to hard drive and start install in dos. It's faster and I have a copy of the cd already on the HD. Doesn't anyone do this anymore? This is where my question comes in.

Once the new drivers have been added to the copy of xp on the HD, as described in the slipstream procedure, why can't one just start the install from the HD and not bother with burning it to cd? I do understand the practicality of having the "new version" on cd, but since I have the edited version already on the HD, I could do this anytime.
Am I missing something here?

I also read that in an unattended install, you don't have a choice between FAT or NTFS, that it must be NTFS. I want to use FAT so both OS are visable and can share data. Can anyone comment on this?

Lastly, I was so grateful to find the site that really has the answers I need, but most of the info I read on this site assumes that you are familar with Windows Distribution CD Creation, and certain key files involved in the setup process, to quote from Greenmachine's Space. I am not new to using a pc, but after reading all I can find concering the slipstream process, I'm still lost. Can someone advise me where one can find out the basics, so I can learn how to implement this?

Thanks, Adventureman

[a06lp]

http://unattended.msfn.org/